Welcome to this month's edition of Denver Apartment Living, brought to you by 800 Penn, our apartments for rent in Denver, Colorado. This month we're bringing our residents suggestions for celebrating National Golf Month, National Picnic Month, and National Eye Exam Month; topics surrounding upcoming holidays like National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day; movies you might want to check out this month like The Dark Tower and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2; and book suggestions like The Glass Castle and See What I Have Done. Read on to learn more about these topics in today's blog post.
August Celebrations
National Golf Month
Visit City Park Golf Course, our local golf course, to celebrate National Golf Month! City Park is an urban golfer's delight, with the best skyline views in the city. A spectacular panorama of the downtown skyline and mountains that provide a backdrop for this great course where you can enjoy a challenging round of golf in the heart of the city. Here’s what City Park has to offer: 18-hole regulation course, putting green, driving range, Pro Shop, Chubb's Junior course, and Bogeys On The Park Restaurant. City Park Golf Course is about 5-minute drive from 800 Penn. Happy National Golf Month!
National Picnic Month
We have the perfect way for you to celebrate National Picnic Month. Visit your local picnic area, at Governor's Park today! Try out these Pressed Picnic Sandwiches to bring along. The recipe comes from The Crepes of Wrath. You’ll need a large loaf of ciabatta bread, fresh pesto, sliced sweet soppressata (an Italian dry salami), prosciutto (an Italian dry-cured ham), provolone cheese, mozzarella cheese, and basil leaves. Governor's Park is about a 3-minute drive from 800 Penn. Happy National Picnic Month!
National Eye Exam Month
How do you plan to celebrate National Eye Exam Month? We suggest visiting Central Denver Eyecare, a local eye doctor’s office, to get an eye exam and to keep your eyes healthy. Central Denver Eye Care is a premier eye care facility located in Denver, Colorado. Our office and eye doctor are dedicated to providing excellence in patient care, clinical education, and optical services. Our doctor is a leader in clinical eye care involving eye and vision disorders. We provide the highest quality lenses, frames, and contact lenses to solve the vision needs of our patients. Central Denver Eyecare is about a 4 minute drive from 800 Penn. Happy National Eye Exam Month!
Upcoming Holidays
National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day
Will you be celebrating National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day this year? Try making The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookie. This recipe comes from Pinch of Yum. To make this delicious treat you'll need salted butter, white sugar, packed brown sugar, vanilla extract, an egg, all purpose flour, baking soda, salt, and chocolate chips. You can also try out Sante Fe Cookie Co near our apartment community. They serve delicious cookies of all types. Enjoy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!
Movie Suggestions
The Dark Tower
Get your tickets to see The Dark Tower this month! It comes out in theaters on Friday, August 4. The last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain (Idris Elba), has been locked in an eternal battle with Walter O'Dim, also known as the Man in Black (Matthew McConaughey), determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower, which holds the universe together. With the fate of the worlds at stake, good and evil will collide in the ultimate battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man in Black. Buy your tickets today to see The Dark Tower with friends and family.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Looking for a new movie to see this month? Rent Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. It comes out on DVD on Tuesday, August 22. Set to the backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 continues the team's adventures as they traverse the outer reaches of the cosmos. The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Peter Quill's true parentage. Old foes become new allies and fan-favorite characters from the classic comics will come to our heroes' aid as the Marvel cinematic universe continues to expand. Are you planning to rent Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2? Stop by a nearby Redbox!
Book Suggestions
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle is a book about a dysfunctional family and the search for understanding among it all. After reading this book, you can watch the new movie that comes out on August 11th. “The Glass Castle is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory look into a family at once deeply dysfunctional and uniquely vibrant… The Walls children learned to take care of themselves. Their parents followed them [to New York], choosing to be homeless even as their children prospered. The Glass Castle is truly astonishing--a memoir permeated by the intense love of a peculiar but loyal family.”
See What I Have Done
If you’re looking for a murder mystery and intrigue, read See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt. It’s the story of Lizzie Borden who some suspect murdered her father and stepmother in 1892. “On the morning of August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden calls out to her maid: Someone’s killed Father... While neighbors struggle to understand why anyone would want to harm the respected Bordens, those close to the family have a different tale to tell—of a father with an explosive temper; a spiteful stepmother; and two spinster sisters, with a bond even stronger than blood, desperate for their independence.”